A watchdog organization wants a federal judge to find Oregon in contempt for not efficiently admitting patients to the mental ...

Steiner, a former state senator, was sworn in by Gov. Tina Kotek at the Oregon Historical Society Monday night in Portland.

Oregon Republicans want to ban utilities from raising rates on customers if the companies face years of unresolved wildfire ...

Noah Greenwald co-directs the endangered species program at the Center for Biological Diversity. He lives in Portland.

Oregon has a dwindling supply of old-growth forests that need saving, and Gov. Tina Kotek could consider stepping up to ...

Tobias Read took his oath of office as secretary of state with a promise to spend the next four years working to make Oregon ...

The Oregon Department of Corrections faces another wrongful death lawsuit after an inmate died, allegedly after a delayed ...

Oregon's Department of Human Services hopes to ease regulations to help more foster children get the treatment they need.

After nearly a week of searching for a suspect in the hit-and-run death of an 81-year-old St. Helena, California woman this summer, police found and arrested a man with the help of license plate ...

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Editor’s note: The Capital Chronicle has launched a $10,000 end-of-year fundraising campaign to help us continue our first-class coverage next year. A lot is at stake, and there’s a long legislative ...

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